1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; modifying host community economic 
1.3 	development grants;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.548, 
1.4 	subdivisions 2, 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.548, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section:
1.8 	(a) "Capital costs" means expenditures for the public acquisition and of land and 
1.9 	buildings, betterment of public lands and buildings, and for other publicly owned capital 
1.10 	improvements. Capital costs also include expenditures for predesign, design, engineering, 
1.11 	and similar activities for specifically identified eligible projects.
1.12 	(b) "Eligible project" means a development or redevelopment project that will 
1.13 	generate economic development within a time frame of five years or less or facilitate the 
1.14 	preparation of long-term economic development within a host community.
1.15 	(c) "Economic development" means assistance in preparation of a redevelopment or 
1.16 	development area contained in the application that results in at least one of the following:
1.17 	(1) job creation, including jobs relating to construction and temporary jobs;
1.18 	(2) an increase in the tax base,;
1.19 	(3) the capacityability of the eligible project to attract private investment, and;
1.20 	(4) long-term economic development;
1.21 	(5) needed public infrastructure or transportation-related improvements to facilitate 
1.22 	long-term redevelopment or development; or
1.23 	(6) other objective criteria established by the commissioner that demonstrate a 
1.24 	public benefit to the host community.
2.1 	(d) "Host community" means a city located within the seven-county metropolitan 
2.2 	area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, that is the site of a waste disposal 
2.3 	facility that meets the standards in section 473.849, that accepts unprocessed mixed 
2.4 	municipal solid waste generated in the metropolitan area.
2.5 	(e) "Long-term economic development" means capital costs associated with 
2.6 	economic development projects identified by a host community comprehensive plan or 
2.7 	redevelopment plan that will generate eligible economic development.

2.8 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 116J.548, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.9 		Subd. 3.Application. Host communities may apply for a grant under this section 
2.10 	on a form and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. In awarding grants under 
2.11 	this section, the commissioner shall give priority to eligible projects that, based on a 
2.12 	cost-benefit analysis, provide the highest return on public investment. the commissioner 
2.13 	must allocate available money between host communities as evenly as practicable.